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Ana Galvañ doing WORK

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 | By: Ben

  Ana Galvañ, Carnivale We’ve worked with Ana Galvañ, one of Thumbtack Press’s elite group of illustrators from around the world, to thoroughly replenish her Thumbtack Press collection. Go there now and you’ll see new pieces that are both firmly within her wheelhouse – seriously, who conjures a woman’s face with as much style as Ana does? – while [...]


Welcome to Thumbtack Press Stefano Zattera!

Monday, January 21st, 2013 | By: Ben

 Stefano Zattera, Lunatic Asylum In all the time Stefano Zattera has been producing paintings, drawings, sculptures, novels, comics, illustrations, and doing graphic design, he’s been nothing short of ultra productive. We’re very excited to welcome him to Thumbtack Press and to have the opportunity to offer prints of some of his huge stock of work.   [...]


The End of the World/Ground Shipping

Thursday, December 6th, 2012 | By: Ben

  Luis Melo, The General The end of the world Christmas is officially coming. We aren’t kidding around – it’s almost time to hunker down with your loved ones and many cans of beans and get getting. Before you settle into those bunkers, though, you’ll have to make sure you got all your gifts figured out. [...]


More On Newest TTPer Chris Uphues

Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 | By: Ben

Chris Uphues, Crystal Mountain After much hinting and early celebration, we officially welcome Chris Uphues to Thumbtack Press! As he writes in his artist statement, “His work is concerned with an idiosyncratic visual vocabulary embracing toys, folk art, popular and anonymous objects, comics, video games, black light posters, Bosh, the japanese toy designer Popy, islamic [...]


Election Hangover Cure: 20% Off Everything‏

Thursday, November 8th, 2012 | By: Ben

Election = over. Thumbtack Press abides. For the rest of today you get 20% off the TTP collection. Code = “PHEW.” Act now before the fiscal cliff rips your heart out. Love, The TTP Team BONUS: Purchase equal to 1% of what was spent on this election and we’ll throw in the whole company.


Sneak Peek……

Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 | By: Ben

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OH MY GOD TTPERS ARE EVERYWHERE

Friday, November 2nd, 2012 | By: Ben

  Olaf Hajek, Maskedgirl   Look at some of the things these TTPers are up to this weekend around the world. At Luz de Jesus Gallery in LA, Nathan Ota and Bob Dob both have solo shows opening this weekend. Nathan’s show, “Pop! Goes the Weasel” has new angles on some of the subjects TTP fans [...]


Thumbtack Press's Newest Feature In Two Songs

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 | By: Ben

Pick any color for of your canvas wrap (like the horrible hot pink one I chose for Bob Dob’s White Head above) by clicking on the “Wrap” option after you choose a canvas size on any product, and play these songs while you mess around:


What's in a name? Just about everything.

Thursday, January 26th, 2012 | By: Ben

Images: Untitled (Zone Fighter W/Bear And Bird) by Steve Seeley, Delicious by Martha Rich, and Foxgirl by Oksana Badrak People ask us about our name all the time. Thumbtack Press*. What’s a Thumbtack Press? You press a thumbtack, sure, but a Thumbtack Press is more of a noun, like a printing press almost. Thumbnail sketches are something else entirely, so we’ll [...]


'skine.art Giveaway Features Thumbtack Press

Thursday, September 29th, 2011 | By: Ben

We’re fans of ‘skine.art (that’s short for Moleskine), so when they asked to give away a unique print from our collection of 1500+ we couldn’t say no. Here’s an educational snippet highlighting the deep appreciation artists have for the iconic notebook: For two centuries now Moleskine has been the legendary notebook of artists, writers, intellectuals and [...]